Table 1 Percentages of individuals with a certain characteristic

From: Increasing Inequality in Social Exclusion Occurrence: The Case of Sweden During 1979–2003

Variable Year 1979 (%) Years 1986–1987 (%) Years 1994–1995 (%) Years 2002–2003 (%)
Socially excluded 8.8 7.6 8.9 8.1
Men 49.8 50.1 49.2 48.8
Women 50.2 49.9 50.8 51.2
25–34 Years 32.4 27.3 20.1 20.2
35–44 Years 26.1 29.5 23.4 21.4
45–54 Years 21.3 22.3 31.4 25.2
55–64 Years 20.2 20.9 25.0 33.2
Couples without children 28.8 34.7 37.8 39.8
Couples with children 48.6 41.7 36.9 33.9
Singles without children 17.8 19.9 21.1 21.1
Singles with children 4.7 3.7 4.2 5.2
Swedes 88.3 85.4 83.3 82.7
1st-Generation Swedes 2.6 3.5 4.5 6.2
Immigrants 9.1 11.0 12.2 11.1
University 7.9 10.4 13.8 22.6
College 9.6 13.8 16.4 15.8
High school 10.3 10.0 10.7 15.2
Vocational school 30.0 34.0 35.9 31.7
Compulsory school 41.6 30.8 23.1 14.7
Not completed education 0.5 1.0 0.1 0.1
Higher white collars 9.9 11.0 13.1 15.8
Middle white collars 15.9 17.6 17.9 22.5
Lower white collars 14.6 16.0 15.3 13.8
Skilled blue collars 15.0 15.3 15.5 16.5
Unskilled blue collars 28.8 27.7 23.6 19.4
Self-employed 7.1 6.5 8.1 7.8
Farmers 3.6 1.7 1.2 0.8
Students 2.1 2.0 3.8 3.2
Others 2.9 2.0 1.5 0.4